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Hi Zack, I have a few questions:
1. I am wondering if you could update this run with all participants (right now it is up to HRP237). I know that this is some extra work but I think it is worth it.
2. I can see that all Iraqi Kurds of the Harappa Project fall into pop172, however, all Iraqi Kurds from Xing et al are in pop168 and pop162. Do you think this shift is real or just a calculator effect due to Xing et al data set? Do you see similar shift for other Xing et al populations? How would the Yunusbayev Kurds behave in this ChromoPainter/fineStructure analysis? Previously, I observed that the Xing Kurds appear to have more of the Caucasian component.
3. The neighbor branch of the pop162/168/172 branch consists of 1/2Indian1/2European mixed individuals. Do you think that this has some implications or is it just something like the limitations of Oracle results?

1. I cannot update this run since there's no incremental running and it took about 2 months. Next big ChromoPainter run will be when I have a large number of new samples.
2. Xing et al data is not included. The Kurds are from Harappa and Yunusbayev.
3. That's just because it likely couldn't find a good place for the 1/2 Indian 1/2 European individual.

This would be interesting, especially with the Samoan and Tongans heavily leaning Asian. I would really like to see a study on the Tahitians, Hawaiians and the people of Rapa Nui contrasted with native Americans.

Wow, the Gujarati are scattered across the spectrum. Why would this be? I am also surprised to see the Cochin Jews and Beneisrael distant. I suspect this is because of their geographic location within the subcontinent and some Cochins being converts as opposed to the Beneisrael.